The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-14
A Palatable Ola Podrida Prepared
Specially for Our Fair
Readers.
Fashions in Dress, Notes on Housekeep-
ing Affairs, and Other Topics
of Interest.

They say the devil laughs every time
he hears wedding bells. He must be
on the broad grin all over the country
nowadays. At some of the fashionable
churches in New York, it is said, they
don't take down the awnings or take up
the carpets leading from the portals to
the curbstore, from Monday morning
till Saturday night; and one parson
married so many couples last week that,
when a baptismal cortege fronted him
on Saturday, he asked: what name?"
Susan Ann" replied the godfather.
Susan Ann, do you take this man
for your lawfully welded husband.
for richer or poorer, for better or
worse, through sickness and"
For mercy's sake! don't marry me
to the baby" whispered the godfather.
"Your committing bigamy. You mar
ried me this fall to Maria Smith.
Thus brought up with q round turn,
the good minister stopped in time, and
baptized Susan Ann, instead of marry
ing her at the unusual age of months.
Custom, in most cities, has made the
months of November and December
the period of many weddings, and this
year gives no exception to the rule.
Fashions in brides clothes vary less
than in other toilets, for white remains
the favorite color in the more preten-
tious cases, and the veil is rarely dis
carded. The picture shows a bride
both correct and pretty in her costume.
White has been, as it should be, the
popular wear for first-time brides this
year, and MORE has been the favorite
choice, though there is something ell
derly in the material. Watered silk
enjoys favor, but satin, with lace over,
is always rich and most graceful. A
satin and lace bridal dress is always
safe to represent ten times the money
any other one can. Pearl-embroidered
robes have been seen frequently, but
no one can tell how soon beads will go
out, and leave costly and unfashion-
able garment on a woman's hands. AL
most all brides wear their wedding
frocks to the principal fete. of the fol-
lowing season. At the last reception
of series given by q woman of fash
ion in New York, there were eight re-
cent brides in their bridal costumes.
Some one alluded to the affair as the
close of a brilliant series, and the
hostess said it looked more to her like
the clothes of the bridal season.
The couple in the second picture are
neatly and properly costumed for a
plain church wedding in the day time.
The bridegroom's frock coat, high col
lar and middling loose trosuers are
coat is nearly black, and the pantaloons
may be any lighter hue, with gloves to
match. The brides dress is brown
satin and velvet, and it's cut is new as
we'll as pretty.
Orange blossoms have lost their grip
on custom, and there are so many flow
ers prettier it is not to be regretted.
In Spain orange blossoms are used to
deck the dead. and their waxen, stiff
appearance makes them eminently suit
able. White lilacs, white roses, and
white hyacinths of the same variety
are far more beautiful. White lilacs
have been cultivated till they are so
delicate and graceful, in their improved
state, that they enjoy great favor.
With orange blossoms have disappeared
some of the tulle that used to figure
for bridal wells. There have been I'M
usual sales in high-class lace for wells.
A veil three yards long and one wide
of point d'Alencon or duchesse is q
magnificent finish to fine dress. The
old style of huge square of blonde
lace, thrown like tablecloth over a
brides head and kept on by diadem
of orange blossoms mine times out OF
ten artificiaD was always getting the
blushing bride into difficulties. At the
time this head-rigging was in vogue
the custom was to Kiss the bride.
Sometimes the crowd would surge
round the DOR woman to kiss her rapt-